Foreign criminals are sneaking back into Britain after being deported at a record rate, new figures from the Home Office have revealed.
Since Labour rose to power, it has consistently boasted about its rate of deportations, but has not yet formally addressed the rising number of so-called “hokey-cokey migrants”.
Now, Government data have revealed 1,800 convicted offenders who were booted out have returned in the past five years – with more than one in eight being removed twice before their return.
However, the real rate could be even higher as the data, revealed by The Sun, only accounts for those who were caught out.
Alp Mehmet, the Chairman of MigrationWatch UK condemned the “shocking revelations”, adding: “It beggars belief that our borders are now so wide open that deported criminals can, seemingly, walk in at will.
“The Home Secretary must explain herself and tell us what she is going to do about this scandal,” he told The Sun.
A Home Office spokesman said: “Any foreign national offenders who return in breach of a deportation order will face robust enforcement action, and we will seek to remove them from the UK at the earliest opportunity.
“Returns are at their highest level in nearly a decade, with almost 12,000 foreign criminals returned or deported since the election – a 41 per cent increase on the two years prior.”
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